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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 11 - 15, 2003

(11) Simone Kuhn/Nicole Schnyder-Benoit, Switzerland

Simone Kuhn
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 2, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emmenbrücke

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

161

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$505,808.98

Nicole Schnyder-Benoît
Switzerland

Photo: Carl Schneider

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 13, 1973 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Magglingen

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (CEV Timmendorfer Strand 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (Osaka 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$154,330.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$61,268.59
FIVB	39	0	0	1	2	5	2	13	0	5	1	7	1	2	US$201,320.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$900.00
Overall	46	1	2	2	2	7	2	14	0	5	1	7	1	2	US$263,488.59

Previous Rhodes Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 1998	Did not play	Magi Schlaefli - 4th
2002	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 25th	Simone Kuhn - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/17-22/2002	Brazil Open	16	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2002	Spain Open	21	9th	120	US$3,900.00
CEV	8/29-31/2002	European Championships	8	5th	60	€ 2,375.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2002	China Open	13	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Japan Open	17	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2002	Austria Grand Slam	27	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Hellas Open	29	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2002	France Grand Slam	30	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2002	Norway Open	20, Q7	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2002	Switzerland Open	9	9th	120	US$3,900.00

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/13/2003

Pool F

Linjun Ji / Jie Wang, China (27, Q8)

Lost 15-21, 21-17, 12-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	24	18	N/A	N/A	1	6	1	N/A
	1	24	18	N/A	N/A	1	6	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Nicole Schnyder-Benoit	Total	19	9	N/A	N/A	1	11	3	N/A
	1	19	9	N/A	N/A	1	11	3	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/13/2003

Pool F

Lina Yanchulova / Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria (22)

Lost 13-21, 21-19, 8-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	23	12	N/A	N/A	1	6	0	N/A
	1	23	12	N/A	N/A	1	6	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Nicole Schnyder-Benoit	Total	36	15	N/A	N/A	0	9	1	N/A
	1	36	15	N/A	N/A	0	9	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/14/2003

Pool F

Jia Tian / Fei Wang, China (6)

Lost 19-21, 24-22, 11-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	29	16	N/A	N/A	2	2	0	N/A
	1	29	16	N/A	N/A	2	2	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Nicole Schnyder-Benoit	Total	37	18	N/A	N/A	0	16	4	N/A
	1	37	18	N/A	N/A	0	16	4	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	76	46	N/A	N/A	4	14	1	N/A
Nicole Schnyder-Benoit	92	42	N/A	N/A	1	36	8	N/A
Total	168	88	N/A	N/A	5	50	9	N/A
Opponents	169	98	N/A	N/A	9	57	9	N/A

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	1	$64,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	1	2	3	1	9	0	4	5	1	$122,320.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Confederation Championship	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$47,125.00
Total	44	1	1	1	2	7	2	14	0	6	7	3	$249,345.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simone Kuhn												Nicole Schnyder-Benoit
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$23,250.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$7,500.00
46	1	0	1	0	8	19	6	9	2	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	1	$32,000.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	1	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	0	1	2	4	9	5	8	7	$64,610.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Satellite	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$925.00
10	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	0	0	$34,812.50	Confederation Championship	6	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$25,937.50
147	4	1	3	5	20	65	26	19	4	$451,997.50	Total	59	1	2	1	2	9	17	7	10	10	$131,422.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$7,000.00	8	13	38.1 %
2001	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$23,250.00	5	1	83.3 %
2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	3	0	$32,320.00	18	23	43.9 %
2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	3	2	60.0 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	6	3	$41,320.00	26	39	40.0 %
Total	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,625.00	8	3	72.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simone Kuhn													Nicole Schnyder-Benoit
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,700.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											1998	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											1999	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
											2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,075.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00	2001	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,625.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	$16,160.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	$16,160.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
20	0	1	0	0	1	7	2	6	3	$33,922.50	Total	Total	39	0	3	0	1	2	11	3	9	10	$42,622.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	59	69.4%	13	15.3%	13	15.3%	72-13	84.7%	9	11.0%	21	25.6%	52	63.4%	9-73	11.0%	59-52	53.2%	22-34	39.3%	1	0	82-86	48.8%
2002-2003	31	72.1%	6	14.0%	6	14.0%	37-6	86.0%	4	8.9%	13	28.9%	28	62.2%	4-41	8.9%	31-28	52.5%	10-19	34.5%	0	0	41-47	46.6%
Against the Field	38	70.4%	10	18.5%	6	11.1%	48-6	88.9%	5	9.6%	18	34.6%	29	55.8%	5-47	9.6%	76-56	57.6%	30-48	38.5%	1	0	54-52	50.9%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	8	10	0	0	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	20	22	0	0	19	19	0	3	1	2	0	0	59	58
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	18	5
Total	0	0	11	5	35	39	0	0	36	28	2	3	1	2	1	1	100	91

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit trail the series against the field 13-22 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
9/19/02	FIVB	Brazil Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	16	21-15, 21-16	0:29
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-15, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Behar, Brazil 0-2
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	21-13, 16-21, 15-9	0:41
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Bede/Behar	2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-12, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Kadijk/Leenstra, Netherlands 1-2
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	Kadijk/Leenstra	5	21-15, 21-15	0:34
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Kadijk/Leenstra	1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	22-20, 21-18	0:41
7/16/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kadijk/Leenstra	24, Q5	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q12	21-14, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 6 Tian/Wang, China 0-2
6/14/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Tian/Wang	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	0:58
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Tian/Wang	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	28, Q11	14-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 8 Karadassiou/Sfyri, Greece 1-2
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27	Karadassiou/Sfyri	13	21-16, 21-12	0:39
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Karadassiou/Sfyri	3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-14, 27-25	0:51
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool K	Karadassiou/Sfyri	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	43	21-19, 18-21, 23-21	1:05
Trail the series against # 10 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-2
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 5	Gattelli/Perrotta	2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	21-18, 24-22	0:45
6/20/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Gattelli/Perrotta	8	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	9	21-15, 13-21, 15-11	0:53
9/6/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Gattelli/Perrotta	1	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 13 Celbova Rysava/Novakova, Czechia 0-2
6/8/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool F	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:42
6/21/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Celbova Rysava/Novakova	23	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 15 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/29/02	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Glesnes/Maaseide	24	21-10, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Gerlic/Lochowicz, Australia 1-0
8/17/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	Gerlic/Lochowicz	20, Q2	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 18 Bruschini/Solazzi, Italy 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Bruschini/Solazzi	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 20 Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza, Cuba 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Fernandez Grasset/Larrea Peraza	6	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 Ahmann/Vollmer, Germany 2-1
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Ahmann/Vollmer	22	22-20, 21-19	0:44
8/9/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Ahmann/Vollmer	32, Q7	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	21-18, 15-21, 15-9	0:40
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Ahmann/Vollmer	Q10	21-15, 24-22	0:38
Trail the series against # 22 Yanchulova/Yanchulova, Bulgaria 1-3
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	22	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	21-13, 19-21, 15-8	0:53
8/10/02	FIVB	Japan Open	Pool A	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	17	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	16	29-27, 21-19	0:51
7/26/02	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool D	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	13	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	29	23-21, 21-18	0:47
7/16/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool F	Yanchulova/Yanchulova	19	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	30	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Granstrom/Ljungquist, Sweden 1-0
6/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	27, Q7	Granstrom/Ljungquist	Q39	21-12, 23-21	0:43
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Ji/Wang, China 0-1
6/13/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool F	Ji/Wang	27, Q8	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	11	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:55
Series tied with # Q2 Alcon/Pol, Spain 1-1
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Alcon/Pol	12	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	21-19, 16-21, 18-16	0:56
8/30/02	CEV	European Championships	Contender 4	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	8	Alcon/Pol	21	21-15, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # Q6 Barrera/Luge, France 1-0
9/5/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	21	Barrera/Luge	28, Q10	22-20, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # Q9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
8/16/02	FIVB	China Open	Pool D	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	13	Hakedal/Torlen	29, Q8	21-15, 21-11	0:38
Lead the series against # Q29 Oyra/Schjerven, Norway 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 1	Kuhn/Schnyder-Benoit	Q14	Oyra/Schjerven	Q19	21-9, 21-11	0:31